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Rupert the cat hops along the lower ruins, climbing to position himself to walk high on the ruined walls, constantly eyeing Lax suspiciously. As Talashia sketches the rune in Brodert's journal, the old man comments to Duko, "My uh, feline companion seems to have taken on a natural distrust of yours. I must confess that creature is an unknown oddity to me. I should like to know where and uh, by what means you acquired it. Oh, pardon if my asking is rude. I am merely fascinated by the creature as I have never seen its like."
The completed rune Talashia draws seems to satisfy Brodert a great deal. He smiles as she finishes the sketch. "Well, that is one question that has plagued me for years. I always knew it was either one or the other. My thanks, young one. You have helped me answer one riddle now and for that I am indebted to you. Call on me should you ever require assistance on matters of history, engineering, or ancient Thassilon. And yet uh..." the old man's voice trails off as he stares at the drawing with his spectacles. He sits down upon a nearby rock and rests the journal on his lap. "It seems answering one question sprouts up two more like cutting off the head of a hydra. There are so many things about Thassilon we simply uh, do not know."
[sblock=Knowledge (history) or Linguistics DC 20 (automatic if character speaks Thassilonian)]When drawn this way, the rune is an ancient Thassilonian cuneiform representation of "pride." If drawn as its mirror image, it represents "humility."[/sblock]
The Old Light is surely an impressive sight for the barbarian. His inner eye can almost picture the place as a massive spiraling tower and beacon, or a fortress from which ships were launched. He grunts and shakes his head before wandering off out of sight to pass his water on the old stones. When he returns he says "The land is..uh there are many things left.. left over. From old times. Ruins, that's the word."
Brodert nods at the barbarian, "You know there are many who say that this land of Varisia was once the heartland of the Empire of Thassilon. Of course it was thousands of years ago, so few are certain of details, but they left many ruins such as this in their wake. I have heard of and occasioned to see others with a very similar structure elsewhere in Varisia... not all of them upon the coast. I do so often wonder whether our modern notion of this structure as a lighthouse is uh... misplaced."
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